The sad story of a street dog called Ol Boy

Hawk Cut Weis

This is Ol Boy. A member of the public alerted us to a dog who had been howling in pain for the past 3 days, asking for help. Was was paralysed and was lying in his pee and shit for the past 3 days.

We brought Ol Boy to the vet, but it did not look good. He was in alot of discomfort, and he was dying.

He cannot move because he is paralysed from a spine lesion, perhaps mestatasis of prostate cancer.

There were hundreds of ticks on him. It was horrifying. The poor boy has a Hemoglobin of 6. He will die soon if he does not get a transfusion.

We maintain our principle of not putting dogs down. We will keep him comfortable, then transfer him to a shelter where he will be given the best of care, and good food.

However, at this point, we need blood.
Ol Boy needs a transfusion by tomorrow if he were to know what it is like to be loved and to to have a taste of life off the street.

Then we can transfer him to shelter.
We need a big dog, more than 20kg, to give blood to him. If you can help, let me know. If not, I will let him slip away comfortably. He is now lethargic, but comforatable. Hundreds of ticks were removed from him earlier.

Hawk Cut Weis

Visited Ol Boy at the vet.. 2nd packet of blood has gone in. He is more alert now, but drifting in and out of consciousness.

Communicator has spoken to Ol Boy.
He is dying, and he is preparing to go. He wants to leave on his own.. He does not want to be put to sleep.

He is extremely grateful for the love and care that has been shown to him in his last moments. He prefers to die at home, with someone to love and hug him.

He asks for his ashes to be scattered in the wind in an open field.

As such, I will bring him home tomorrow..
And let him spend his last moments in the warmth of a home. Poor boy.
If only I met him earlier.

Cute Ginger Community Cat

Lovely Community Cats of Marine Parade

Severe case of animal abuse!!

Vincent Ng

A poor victim of an animal abuse case...He is a friendly and tame unsterilised boy in the community but his friendliness has turned him to an easy target for the abuser. He was beaten so badly on the side of face causing the swollen eye and dislocated jaw. When the vet force opened his mouth, maggots falling out and discovered a badly infected hole at the upper part of mouth. The vet has also veri

fied that the injury was due to human act. The medical fee will be costly and most probably this poor boy will have to live with a dropped jaw for the rest of the life. Currently he is treated with his infected eye and mouth. Poor boy, he is still not able to eat and has to be in force feeding. Hope the caregiver will have a better plan for him and wish this poor cat to recover well!

The Pied Piper & Cat

The love for a 3-legged kitten

Mumtaz Begam Aziz

about an hour ago via Mobile 

040812 - The Cuteness Overload. His Eyes Expressions of Numerous Feelings.. He is very attached to me.. We snuggled & sleep together but I have to tap him to sleep.. Wakes up with me, even I woke up at 4am, for fasting. Follows me wherever I go, even to the kitchen.. Cry out when I go MIA.. Watched me over, whatever I do.
Overall, I must be infront of his Eyes.

Wondering, how he managed, while I'm at work?? Well, if kept crying, my mum would call me and place the phone on his tiny ear and listened to my voice..to calm him down and it really does work... :-)

Owning a Dog May Help Prevent Your Child from Developing Asthma

http://www.cesarsway.com/dog-care/dog-health/Owning-Dog-May-Help-Prevent-Asthma

By Nicole Pajer

A dog may be more than just a household pet — a new study suggests that they could be good for the health of your child as well. According to research conducted by the University of California, having a dog may help to prevent your baby from developing asthma.
The study, led by Dr. Kei Fujimura, found that pet dander from household dogs can actually work to strengthen a child’s immune system, and can help protect infants with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) from developing asthma down the road.
Fujimura and her team took dust from homes with dogs and fed it to mice that had not yet been infected with RSV. Eight days later, these mice were exposed to RSV and their immune responses were compared to the other two groups in the study — mice that were infected with RSV without exposure to dust, and a control group of healthy mice that had not been infected with RSV.
The study revealed that the mice that were fed dust did not exhibit symptoms associated with RSV, such as inflammation and the production of mucus. Fujimura presented her team’s findings at the 112th American Society for Microbiology General Meeting last month, also noting that these immune mice had “a distinct gastrointestinal bacterial composition compared to animals not fed dust.”
According to Fujimura, the findings indicate that “microbes within dog-associated house dust may colonize the gastrointestinal tract, modulate immune responses and protect the host against the asthmagenic pathogen RSV.” She says that her study provides evidence for the hypothesis that exposing children to animals at a young age will in fact help to ward off the development of asthma and allergies.
The next step is for scientists to conduct further research into identifying the specific microbial species that help ward off the respiratory pathogen. Fujimura and her team will continue to research the topic and hope to be able to better understand how to protect children from developing RSV and asthma, and to find better ways to treat existing conditions.
After reading this, you may think twice about keeping your dog from spending too much time around your baby. It’s important, however, that you follow Cesar’s guidelines for properly introducing your dog to your child and that you set boundaries and put the safety of your baby first.